Colliers International Group Inc. Completes US$300 Million Bought Deal Public Offering of Equity
February 28 2024 - 7:20AM
Colliers International Group Inc. (TSX and NASDAQ: CIGI)
(“Colliers” or the “Company”) is pleased to report that it has
closed its previously announced bought deal public offering of
2,479,500 subordinate voting shares (the “Subordinate Voting
Shares”), at a price of US$121.00 per Subordinate Voting Share for
gross proceeds of US$300.0 million (the “Offering”) with a
syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets and J.P.
Morgan as joint bookrunners, and including Mizuho, National Bank
Financial, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, Merrill Lynch, BTIG,
LLC, CIBC Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs, Raymond James, TD
Securities, Wells Fargo and Stifel Nicolaus (the “Underwriters”).
Colliers has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable at the
offering price for a period of 30 days following the closing of the
Offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Offering to
cover over-allotments, if any.
The net proceeds of the Offering will be used to
repay balances outstanding on the Company’s credit facility and are
intended to create additional capacity to fund potential future
acquisition opportunities and growth initiatives, and for general
corporate purposes.
No securities regulatory authority has either
approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release. This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there
be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.
About Colliers
Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading
diversified professional services and investment management
company. With operations in 66 countries, our 19,000 enterprising
professionals work collaboratively to provide expert real estate
and investment advice to clients. For more than 29 years, our
experienced leadership with significant inside ownership has
delivered compound annual investment returns of approximately 20%
for shareholders. With annual revenues of $4.3 billion and $98
billion of assets under management, Colliers maximizes the
potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of
our clients, our investors and our people.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements include the Company’s
financial performance outlook and statements regarding goals,
beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans or current expectations,
including with respect to the Offering and the anticipated use of
proceeds from the Offering. These statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the
actual results to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements contemplated in the forward-looking
statements. Such factors include: economic conditions, especially
as they relate to commercial and consumer credit conditions and
consumer spending, particularly in regions where our business may
be concentrated; commercial real estate property values, vacancy
rates and general conditions of financial liquidity for real estate
transactions; trends in pricing and risk assumption for commercial
real estate services; the effect of significant movements in
average capitalization rates across different property types; a
reduction by companies in their reliance on outsourcing for their
commercial real estate needs, which would affect revenues and
operating performance; competition in the markets served by the
Company; the ability to attract new clients and to retain major
clients and renew related contracts; the ability to retain and
incentivize producers; increases in wage and benefit costs; the
effects of changes in interest rates on the cost of borrowing;
unexpected increases in operating costs, such as insurance,
workers’ compensation and health care; changes in the frequency or
severity of insurance incidents relative to historical experience;
the effects of changes in foreign exchange rates in relation to the
US dollar on the Company’s Canadian dollar, Euro, Australian dollar
and UK pound sterling denominated revenues and expenses; the impact
of pandemics on client demand for the Company’s services, the
ability of the Company to deliver its services and the health and
productivity of its employees; the impact of global climate change;
the impact of political events including elections, referenda,
trade policy changes, immigration policy changes, hostilities and
terrorism on the Company’s operations; the ability to identify and
make acquisitions at reasonable prices and successfully integrate
acquired operations; the ability to execute on, and adapt to,
information technology strategies and trends; the ability to comply
with laws and regulations related to our global operations,
including real estate and mortgage banking licensure, labour and
employment laws and regulations, as well as the anti-corruption
laws and trade sanctions; and changes in government laws and
policies at the federal, state/provincial or local level that may
adversely impact the business.
Additional information and risk factors are
identified in the Company’s other periodic filings with Canadian
and US securities regulators, including those identified in the
Company’s annual information form for the year ended December 31,
2023 under the heading “Risk factors” (a copy of which may be
obtained at www.sedarplus.com or as part of the Company’s Form 40-F
available at www.sec.gov). Forward looking statements contained in
this press release are made as of the date hereof and are subject
to change. All forward-looking statements in this press release are
qualified by these cautionary statements. Except as required by
applicable law, Colliers undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
COMPANY CONTACTS:
Jay HennickGlobal Chairman and CEO
Christian MayerChief Financial Officer(416)
960-9500
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